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Injury Prevention Programs: Maximizing Your Investment
Steven Clark, OTR
WorkStrategies Regional Director
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Learning Objectives
Outline National Injury statistics & impact of economy on Work Comp injuries / costs
Explain cost drivers for Work Comp medical spend
Analysis of Risk Factors for musculoskeletal injuries
The concept of injury management vs. injury prevention
Education on Injury Prevention methods, strategies for successful implementation, and sustainment
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Work Comp Stats & Facts Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2013
Work-related MSD (Musculoskeletal Disorders) are 33% of all work injuries
Injuries due to repetitive motion highest median lost work days (LWD)
Sprains/strains due to overexertion are most common type of injury/illness
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Economic Impact Source: 2014 Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index OSHA SafetyPays website
Cost: In 2012- $60 Billion dollars Average MSD (Strain) claim cost:
Direct Cost $33,528
Indirect Cist $36,880
Total Cost:
$70,408
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WC Costs: WC$ = f(X)
F Frequency:
X Claim Cost (Medical & Indemnity)
Work Comp Costs:
Driving force = frequency x length of claim
So to maximize cost reduction need to address Injury Prevention and Post Injury Management
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Industrial Services Continuum
Injury Management • Injury Prevention
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Injury Management Services
Return to Work Program
• Acute and Sub Acute Injury Management
• Occupational Medicine – Diagnostics, medication, restrictions, leave form work
• Physical Therapy
• Work Conditioning/Work Hardening
• Functional Capacity Evaluation
• Transitional work programs
Focus on early intervention, functional restoration and RTW.
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Injury Prevention
Stay at Work Services
• Post-Offer Physical Examinations
• Educational Programs
• Ergonomics
• Early Symptom Intervention
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What Are We Trying To Prevent?
Accidents and trauma injuries
Force exertion injuries
Repetitive motion injuries
Cumulative trauma disorders
Over use injuries
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How Do These Injuries Occur?
Stress is applied to the body through participation in specific risk factors without chance of recovery
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Risk Factors
Defined: Elements of a task or job that are physically stressful to the body and known to contribute to cumulative trauma disorders
Common Risk Factors: • Repetitive Motions • Forceful Exertions • Awkward postures • Contact Stress • Inadequate Rest • Environmental
• Vibration/Cold/Stress
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Bucket Analogy
Wear & Tear
Cumulative Trauma: Wear & Tear Exceeds Healing
Healing
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Personal Factors
Age
Gender
Height/Weight Ratio
Diabetes
Thyroid Disease
Hormonal Status
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Risk Factors & CTD
CTD (Cumulative Trauma Disorder) potential increases with exposure to multiple risk factors
Conversely, decrease or elimination of even one Risk Factor can decrease injury risk
Good news: CTD are preventable & least costly injury is one that never occurs
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Injury Prevention Strategies
1. Employment Testing Programs
2. Educational Programs
3. Ergonomic Programs
4. Early Symptom Intervention
For each, will provide overview of program, peer reviewed literature, discussion of why programs succeed or fail and strategies to maximize program success & Return on Investment.
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Employment Testing Program
Goal of employment testing is to select workers who demonstrate the physical ability to perform the job and screen out employment candidates who cannot meet the physical demands of the target job
This is an injury prevention process but needs collaboration between HR, safety & legal departments.
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Why Employment Testing?
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/osh2_11262013.pdf
This is a quote from the BLS News release from Nov 2013
Length of service- Among private industry workers, injuries and illnesses to workers with fewer than 3 months of service and 3 to 11 months of service accounted for 30 percent of all cases. The number of injury and illness cases for workers with fewer than 3 months of service increased 8 percent—notably in manufacturing with a 9 percent increase. Workers with 3 to 11 months of service had a 5 percent increase in the number of cases—notably in retail trade with an 18 percent increase.
Indicating- the number of injuries and illnesses in newly hired workers is increasing and the solution is Functional Employment Testing.
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Why Employment Testing?
This study indicates that physical capacity testing that compares lifting ability to job lifting requirements correlates to work injury incidence.
The application of appropriate post-offer, pre-placement testing is shown to be a cost-effective method to lower the incidence of work-related injuries.
Wiley-Liss, Inc. Am. J. Ind. Med. 47:296–307, 2005.
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Employment Testing Considerations
Laws relating to employment testing:
• Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
• Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act 1990
• EEOC Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection
• ADA Amendment Act
• Collective Bargaining Agreements
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Employment Testing
Employers can use physical tests to screen out employees, IF:
• They are job related (not just industry related)
• They are consistent with business necessity
• Test has the least adverse impact
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Employment Testing Considerations
Hiring Stage
• Pre-Offer
• Post-Offer
• Post Employment
Safety within Protocols
Validation Process
Testing Content
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Employment Test Benefits
Screen out applicants without strength to meet lifting demands of job
Screen out applicants without adequate endurance
Screen out applications who cannot meet positional demands of job
Screen out medically unstable clients
Identify pre-existing history and pre-injury baseline status
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Employment Testing Pro’s & Con’s
Average Return on Investment of program is 4:1 to 10:1 with cost savings
Employers have experienced substantial savings with reduced WC costs as well as increased productivity, reduced turn-over and can have reduced insurance premiums
If set up / administered in discriminatory fashion, can have substantial penalties (Dial Case)
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Maximizing Success of Employment Testing
Use a third party to development & administer the test
Ensure validity of screening process
Collect & track data
Standardized process
Have no “unhealthy fear”
Update program with changes in jobs
Focus on safety in the process
Consider your choices of testing
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Educational Programs
Focus is to train employees to take active responsibility for their own safety
Objectives:
• Recognize risk factors & safety risk situations
• ID ways to eliminate safety risks
• Demonstrate strategies to minimize stress accumulation with work-related activities
• Develop strategies for program success
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Education – Lifting Programs
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Education – Strength and Conditioning Programs
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Educational Programs
Examples: • Job Specific injury prevention program
• Focus on a specific risk- Ex. Slips and Falls
• Wellness education
• Posture & body mechanics education
• Spine education / back school
• Stretching / exercise education
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Educational Programs
Injury reduction has been reported in multiple sites by employers utilizing education programs
Content of education program vitally important Efficacy of injury prevention through education is disputed in
literature review Kingma et al in Physical Therapy did in-depth investigation of
4 lifting postures and there was no one technique for all positions
Certain stretching activities can actually lower muscle output up to 1 hour after ex
Warm-up exercises actually increase muscle output and joint mobility
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Education – Strength and Conditioning Programs
Center for Transportation Research at The University of Texas at Austin – March 2014
Research studies have shown that muscle strengthening exercises can reduce workplace strain/sprain-related incidents. However, most of the Stretch and Flex programs currently being implemented involve more stretching than flexing.
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Patrick S. Clarke - Risk Engineering Manager, Zurich Services Corporation
Based on Zurich’s experience with more than 100 companies implementing workplace stretching programs, the results are dramatic: an overall 61% reduction in strain/sprain frequency and 30% reduction in strain/sprain severity.
These savings can often add up to 100 - 150% of direct costs.
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Education-Implementation options:
Direct education on-site by external expert
Train-the-trainer process
Ongoing on-site injury prevention presence
Development of educational tools (poster, video, etc.)
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Maximizing Success of Educational Programs
Management commitment / involvement
Employee involvement to ensure job related
Effective expert consultation – knowledge and awareness of jobs/industry
Include practical application education
Repeat the message over and over throughout the program (not just one day)
Positive reinforcement / reward
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Education: Maximize Success
Avoid “canned” presentations
Make sure it is applicable to target audience
Avoid “flavor of the month” mentality – this is here to stay
Strategize best ways to get message out to everyone
Typically educational programs are low in cost, therefore reduction in severity of one MSD/CTD would more than cover cost.
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Ergonomics Program
Defined: Ergonomics is the application of administrative or engineering controls to design the work environment to accommodate the employee.
Administrative controls: procedures & methods for how work is set up including job rotation or work pace.
Engineering controls: physical changes to the job or equipment such as altering tool design, adjustable workstations, or decreasing material handling demands.
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Everyone has some inclination for ergonomics.
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Ergonomic Principles
Start with Job Analysis: on-site evaluation of risk factors through observation of work processes and employee work behaviors
Educational programs and Post Offer Testing programs also start with Job Analysis.
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Encouraging Investment in Safety
Ergonomic costs are minimal compared to injury costs!
Large majority of ergonomics interventions are very low cost
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Ergonomics
Reducing or minimizing one risk factor especially on a task performed over majority of day can have significant impact
Common ergonomic interventions: • Adjusting work surface heights
• Varying worker tasks during job
• Short breaks during continuous activity
• Lowering lift demands or providing lift assist
• Tool / equipment design to minimize stress
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Ergonomic Outcomes
Journal of Occupational Medicine: Snook et al (1978) – found Ergonomics to be most effective method of injury reduction
Pitfalls: • Expensive equipment that stays in closet
• Expensive equipment no one knows how to use
• Job rotation program that is ignored
• Job rotation program that doesn’t “rotate”
• Available breaks aren’t taken
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Maximizing Success of Ergonomic Programs Systematic approach to interventions:
• Identify Risk Factors for Type/Intensity • Propose & Implement Ergonomic Solutions • Monitor & Modify the Solution
Workstation adjustability Employee involvement in process / interventions Employee education process Variability with interventions/equipment Enforcement of the program Transition in new process / equipment Ergonomic programs can be more costly than educational but
typically program/equipment cost covered by reduction of 1-2 injuries and often lead to productivity increase.
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On-Site Prevention Services
A comprehensive injury prevention program
• Early Symptom Intervention (ESI)
• Discomfort Assessment & Triage
• First Aid according to OSHA definition
• Behavior Modification & Job Specific Coaching
• Injury Prevention Programs
• Stretching/Strengthening
• Movement Assessment
• Ergonomic Risk Assessment & Intervention
• Physical Demands Analysis
• Wellness
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On-Site Program Goals
Reduce OSHA recordables for work related musculoskeletal disorders.
Reduce claim cost for work related musculoskeletal disorders.
Reduce days away, restricted or transferred associated with work related musculoskeletal disorders.
Improve company experience modifier rate
Improve employee discomfort/soreness
Improve employee job satisfaction and workforce morale
Improve employee quality of life
Decrease employee turnover
Improve company profit.
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ESI - Assessment
Discomfort Assessment
• Work or Non-Work related
• General medical issues
• All recorded in injury tracking system
• Can occur at customer location/s or at Select facility
• Triage
• Internal first aid management
• Referrals to company selected Occ. Med. facility
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ESI - First Aid
Regulated by OSHA: 1904.7(b)(5)(ii)
• Using a non-prescription medication at nonprescription strength
• Wound care
• cleaning, flushing, or soaking
• Wound covering using bandages, Ban-Aids, butterfly, etc.
• Hot or cold therapy
• Use of non rigid support
• Massage
• Hydration
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ESI – Behavior Modification & Job Specific Coaching
• Behavioral modification based
• Observation – Risk Factors
• Ergonomic administrative
controls
• Job specific
stretching/Counter-balancing
techniques
• Communication –
Implementation – Follow up
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ESI – Behavior Modification & Job Specific Coaching
• When do we job coach?
• New employees
• Anyone reporting an incident/injury
• Employees returning from injury
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Parting Considerations
There are many approaches & programs available for Injury Prevention
Key to success is to customize program to be a solution to YOUR needs.
Enter interactive discussion/partnership with your IP program provider to ensure YOUR goals are met.
Provide data on your injury / cost history so solution based approach can be instituted.
Continue the discussion throughout and especially after program to ensure success.
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Value Proposition Reduce Percentage of EEs not working at full capacity
Worker’s Compensation Spectrum
Hiring Safety ESI Injury Recovery Closure
Preventative Programs
Acute Injury Management
RTW protocols
Outcomes POETs Work Conditioning
Work Hardening FCEs
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Questions?
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Thank you!
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Steven Clark, OTR WorkStrategies Regional Director Steven Clark, OTR, CEAS Select Physical Therapy WorkStrategies Regional Director 17360 Northwest Freeway Houston, TX 77040 cell: 281-650-5792 fax: 717-412-9827 [email protected]